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Regional Environmental Change

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1999

ISSN1436-3798eISSN1436-378X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

279

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 240d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.107

H-Indexi

126

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.283

Total Worksi

2,651

Total Citationsi

99,409

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Regional Environmental Change is a multidisciplinary journal focusing on interactions between human and natural systems at local to global scales. Publishes both theoretical and applied studies as well as opinion papers. Encourages submissions across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. Addresses regional manifestations of local to global change, adaptation of social-ecological systems, and policy issues related to environmental change. Publishes research articles, editorials, short communications, mini-reviews, and special features. High author satisfaction with 93% of surveyed authors willing to publish again. The following topics are not within the scope of Regional Environmental Change and will be desk rejected: Waste management, Pollution control, Energy technologies / transitions, Green economy, Environmental psychology, Environmental engineering, Environmental economics, Environmental law.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Frequency4 Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,651

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1436-3798 / 1436-378X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

140

4.8k

2019

143

2020

131

3.2k

2021

152

2.7k

2022

152

2023

181

1.3k

2024

144

351

2025

140

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Global and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate change impacts on agricultureLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementClimate variability and modelsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Regional Environmental Change

Is Regional Environmental Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Regional Environmental Change: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Regional Environmental Change?

Regional Environmental Change is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.20.

Is Regional Environmental Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Regional Environmental Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.